Va. Code § 40.1-100.1: Employment where hazard capable of causing serious physical harm or death

No person shall employ, suffer, or permit a child to work in any gainful occupation that exposes such child to a recognized hazard capable of causing serious physical harm or death to such child. Any person violating this section shall be subject to a civil monetary penalty in accordance with § 40.1-113 of this chapter.1991, c. 511.